Story v. Snyder

This case went off in the United States District Court on a motion to dimiss, which of course admitted all facts well pleaded in the complaint. Those facts are: The appellees, who are the members of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, on or about September 28, 1945, authorized and empowered the appellant, a licensed real estate broker, to act as the Board’s agent in offering for sale certain valuable real estate in the District of Columbia, which the Board had the right and power to sell and convey. Pursuant to this employment, the appellant offered the property to one Eric Johnston, a…